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EXHIBITIONS

2019

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
"Exinclusivity -Space of Inclusion" solo exhibition
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
"Taro Hattori" solo window exhibition

2018

San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA
"On Your Left" group exhibition

2017

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
"Rolling Counterpoint" solo community project
Japanese American Museum, San Jose, CA
"Rolling Counterpoint" solo community project
Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA
"Justice for All?" group exhibition
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
"Pulp Fiction" group exhibition

2016

SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
“Resistance” group exhibition
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
a group exhibition
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
"Rock the Garden 2016" an outside sculpture show

2015

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Print Public” group exhibition
The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
solo residency exhibition

2014

Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
“Elevated Corrugated” group exhibition
Gallery Ishi, Tokyo, Japan
“Exinclusivity” solo exhibition

2013

artMRKT, San Francisco
Solo Installation Project represented by Swarm Gallery, Oakland

2012

Oakland City Hall, Oakland, CA
Installation as a part of “Art & Soul”
Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Taro Hattori" solo exhibition
The Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
"Lost & Found" group exhibition

2011

West Collection, Philadelphia, PA
“West Prize 2010” group exhibition
Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL
“Where Do Birds Go Off to Die" solo exhibition
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
"Exinclusivity" solo exhibition as a part of "2x2 Solos"

2010

McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
“AIR Winter 2010 Exhibition” residency exhibition
Dugg Dugg at NC Music Factory, Charlotte, NC
“1/1000 sq/ft” solo room installation in conjunction with a group exhibition
NEXT, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Swarm Gallery, invitational art exposition
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Now and When” solo room installation in conjunction with a group exhibition
Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL
“Dream Catcher Project” a group exhibition

2009

Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
“V” solo exhibition
Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
“Residency Project” solo exhibition
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
“Front + Center” group exhibition
NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NYC
“Interface : Nature” group exhibition
Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
“All Good Things” group exhibition

2008

Galeria Sztuki Wspólczesnej, Poland
“3 way calling” three person exhibition
Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“The Great White” group exhibition
NEXT, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Swarm Gallery, invitational exhibition
LMAN Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Artists’ Choices” two-person exhibition

2007

Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
“The Little Show” group exhibition
Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Apoptosis” solo exhibition
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Cultivating Creativity”
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
“Fabric of Identity”
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“2007 Art Auction”
Judson Memorial, New York, NY
“Anarchist Book Fair”

2006

Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
“APAture 2006”, juried show for Asian American artists
The LAB, San Francisco, CA
“Some Assembly Required”, juried exhibition
Photo SF, San Francisco, CA
Steven Wolf Gallery, international art exposition
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“Future Tense”, group show
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
“Artists’ Diary: The Chapter of Spring Light”, group show

2005

Rocket World Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Beaut Brute”, solo show
RPS Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Bubble Trouble in Doubles”, group show
Bound Together Bookstore, San Francisco, CA
“Packed”, public window display
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Thirty Something”, group show organized by Kala Art Institute
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
"2005 Open House”, open house event
Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
“The Diorama Show”, (invited) group show

2004

Gen Art at Old Mint, San Francisco, CA
“Emerge 2004”, juried group show
Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
“Happy Pack”, collaborative solo show of Studio Islander
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“The Big Picture.”, group show
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
“Close Calls: 2004”, juried group show

2003

Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Missing | Persons”, group show
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“2002 Kala Fellowship Exhibition / Part 1”, group show

2002

The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
“Paradise in Search of a Future”, group show
Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin, IL
Group show with other video installation artists

2001

Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY
“Mitochondria Emancipation”, juried group show
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Art/Tech, ABSOLUT vision6, art: the next generation”, group show
CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
“Paradise in Search of a Future”, group show
Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea
“The impossible”, group show
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
“IMMOBILITY”, one person show
Art Chicago 2001, Chicago IL
Peter Miller Gallery, international art exposition

2000

Dupreau Gallery, Chicago, IL
Two person show
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Dissimulation”, group show
Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY
“2 Far 2 Close”, juried group show
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, group show

1998

Chicago Cultural Center, IL
“Chicago’s Own”, group screening
Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
“Textuality”, group show

CURATORIAL PRACTICE

2013

Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
a juror for the International Residency Fellowship Program with Lily Siegel
Bay Area Artists for Japan, Berkeley, CA
Leading Organizer for a relief effort for earthquake disaster in Japan

2011

Bay Area Artists for Japan, San Francisco, CA
Leading Organizer for a relief effort for earthquake disaster in Japan

2009

The LAB, San Francisco, CA
Curatorial Committee (2007-2009), Board of Directors (2009- 2010)
Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Advisory Committee
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
a juror for the Resident Artists Program

2008

Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
“Amidst the Ruins –Val Britton, Michael Damm & Zchary Ryer Scholz”
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“Interplay –David Kwan, Nora Pauwels, Bartosz Posacki & Steve Reich”

2007

Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
“Blabbable Doodads –Eunjung Hwang & Miriam Dym”

2007 -current

The LAB, San Francisco, CA
Member of Curatorial Committee

2005

RPS Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Bubble Trouble in Doubles”

2004

Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
juror for “By Any Means Un/Necessary”
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“The Big Picture”

2003

Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Missing | Persons”

PUBLICATIONS

Square Cylinder, “An Interview with Taro Hattori” David Roth, May 2017
The Mercury News, “Traveling teahouse ...” Sal Pizarro, February 2017
Square Cylinder, “NextNewPaper” Lawrence Gipe, August 2016
East Bay Times, "San Jose ICA exhibitions put paper in a new perspective", August 2016
Square Cylinder, "‘NextNewPaper’@ SJIA", August 2016
"The Art of Cardboard" by Lori Zimmer, July 2015
The Columbia Paper, "Our Culture inspires...", July 2014
WAMC Northeast Public Radio, "Art Omi Weekend 2016", July 2014
Square Cylinder, SF Art Fair Report, David M. Roth, June 2013
KQED, 2012 in Review: 10 Outstanding Bay Area Art Experiences, Christian L. Frock, December 2012
Art Practical, "(re)collection—A collaboration with Lost and Found” Lea Feinstein, October 2012
KQED, "Lost & Found: Photographs in the Aftermath of East Japan” Christian L. Frock, October 2012
KQED, “Finding Art & Soul in Oakland: Artist Taro Hattori Infiltrates City Hall” Christian L. Frock, August 2012
Miami New Times, “Saturday Three-Step” Carlos Suarez De Jesus, June 2011
KQED, “Studio Invasion: Taro Hattori” Kristin Farr and Emmanuel Hapsis, March 2011
Art in America, “Taro Hattori” Mark Van Proyen, March 2010
Miami New Times, “Two Wynwood Galleries...” Carlos Suarez De Jesus, December 2010
Artillery Magazine, “Bay Area Emergent” Anuradha Vikram, May 2010
Square Cylinder, “Taro Hattori and Jordan Essoe @ Swarm” DeWitt Cheng, November 2009
Art Practical (Shotgun Review), “V” Stephanie Baker, November 2009
Art Voices, “The Great White” Jenelle Davis, September 2008
Artforum.com, “The Great White” Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart, August 2008
Gambit Weekly, “White Space” D. Eric Bookhardt, July 2008
Modern Painters, “INTERPLAY” Yasmine Van Pee, July 2008
Artweek, “Taro Hattori at Space 47” David Buuck, March 2008
Percolator Magazine, “Amidst the Ruins” Tonya Warner, March 2008
East Bay Express, “Quality in Quantity” Jakki Spicer, December 2007
Flash Art, “Blabbable Doodads” Alison Bing, July 2007
Berkeley Daily Planet, “The Fake Real of ‘Future Tense’” Peter Selz, July 2006
EGG Magazine, “Taro Hattori,” All that Glittering Issue, Rabbit Pei, February 2006
SF weekly, “Beaut Brute,” Sharon Mizota, December 2005
East Bay Express, “On The Wall: What's Happening in East Bay Art,” David Downs,November 2005
East Bay Express, “Scenes,” Bubble Trouble in Doubles, Kelly Vance, November 2005
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Thirty Something,” Clark Buckner, July 2005
San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Kala Artists Annual Exhibition”, Clark Buckner, January, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle Online, “Happy Pack”, Alice Bing, September 2004
ArtWeek, “’Close Calls’ at Headlands Center for the Arts”, Mark Van Proyen, April 2004
East Bay Express, “This Week’s Day-by-Day Picks”, Kelly Vance, April 2004
Newsletter East Asian Art and Archaeology, University of Michigan, October 18, 2001
Art Monthly, Korea, “Exploring Banality and Potentials of Media Art”, Won-Kon Lee, July, 2001
Chicago Shimpo, “Immobility”, Hiroko Saito, March 14, 2001
New York Times, “2 Far 2 Close”, Holland Cotter, October 27, 2000
Chicago Shimpo, “SAIC group show”, Hiroko Saito, February 11, 2000
Chicago Reader, “Chicago’s Own: World Views”, Fred Camper, April 17, 1998

AWARDS / AFFILIATIONS

2017

California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA, Activating Community Grant
Zellerbach Family Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Community Arts

2016

Art Matters, New York, NY, Art Matters Grant
California Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, Quick Grant
Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga CA, Commissioned Project Residency

2015

DeYoung Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
The Luminary, St. Louis, MO, Artist-in-Residence Fellowship

2014

Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY, Artist-in-Residence Fellowship

2013

University of California, Berkeley and Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA Partnership for a place-making project “Print Public”

2012

Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY, Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain, Artist-in-Residence Full Stipend Fellowship

2011

West Prize 2010, Philadelphia, PA
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Full-Fellowship Residency

2010

Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), Los Angeles, CA, Investing in Artists Grant

2009

Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, Artist-in-Residence Award
The Nomura Cultural Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, Art Project Grant

2008

McColl Center for Visual Arts, Artist-in-Residence Award for 2009
Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan. Artist-in-Residence Fellowship

2005

The 2005 Leah Middlebrook & Norio Sugano Fellowship, 2005

2004

Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA., Resident Artist for 2005
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan, Fellowship Artist-in-Residence Award

2003

Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, IL. Fiscal Partnership

2002

Kala Art Institute, Kala Fellowship Artist-in-Residence Award

2000

Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL. Represented Artist

1998

INTERCOM, Gold Plaque Award in Student Narrative Section
Chicago Cultural Center, 2nd Place Award in Loop Student Screenings

TEACHING

2011

Lecturer, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

2010 - present

Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts, Oakland and San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

2000

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Master of Fine Arts, Time Arts/Video

1994

Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Arts, Clinical Psychology

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